The cancer screening project for women: Experiences of women who partner with women and women who partner with men

Women and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 19-33

  Clark, Melissa A ^a   Bonacore, Laura ^a   Wright, Shirley J ^a   Armstrong, Gene ^a   Rakowski, William ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Lesbians; Mammography; Papanicolaou smear; Preventive health services; Single person; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0346957266     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v38n02_02     Document Type: Article

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